Coles sign reduced to ashes in early morning fire

The deals at Yamba Fair were too hot for their sign to handle this morning with NSW Fire and Rescue crew called early on Thursday morning to extinguish a fire at the centre

Fire and Rescue 510 Yamba crew responded to a fire on the Coles sign outside Yamba Fair shopping centre.

Early this morning, the Fire and Rescue 510 Yamba crew responded to reports of a fire at Yamba Fair shopping centre.

Upon arrival, crews discovered a slow-burning fire across the Coles signage outside the shopping centre.

Picture: Jacklyn Wagner

"Yamba 510 got to work with a charged line of 38mm hose and two members with breathing apparatus," a spokesperson from Yamba Fire and Rescue said.

"The fire was extinguished using a pulsing method with the branch and water."

It's understood the scene was rendered safe a short time later and handed back to the centre manager.

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